Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away… Despite the previous government hoping it would. A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion. So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated Some headlines this week ⤵️

Exceptional blocking with warm record in GREENLAND Min 5.5 Nuuk, 5.0 Maniitsoq . NOVEMBER HOTTEST NIGHT ON RECORD A powerful arctic blast will send freezing temperatures till Northern Florida, BUT that's BY NO MEANS a record cold event: Early November 1976 was far worse with 21F and 6 freezing days

More record heat in SOUTH AFRICA November Highest Minimum in history in Western Cape: 22.1 Paarl 19.1 Tygerhoek 18.7 Stilbaai

Listen to Nathan’s story, his premium for health care from the ACA is going from $28/month to $733/month all because Trump and Republicans prioritize billionaires over health care. Republicans need to work with Democrats to extend tax credits and end the #GOPHealthCareShutdown

Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies! www.bbc.com/news/article...

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN INDONESIA Records smashed in pieces every single day with margins never seen before. Insane MINIMUM temperatures today: 28.3 Biak 27.7 Bau Bau 26.0 Tanjngpinang Indonesia has been breaking heat records every single day since early 2023.

😔 "even the lower end of the predicted range for 2025 would result in a 3-year average above 1.5°C, according to the ERA5 dataset. This would be the first time that this has occurred in the instrumental period." @ecmwf.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Ignoring the tropics because of El Niño/La Niña, the past 12 months show record Sea Surface Temperatures for both hemispheres. And the acceleration of warming over the Northern Hemisphere is painfully obvious:

Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year. Country surrounded by water has water shortages. 2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks. Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours. No new reservoirs. Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend. Record high water bills. People fleeced.

Kia’s electric van breaks the Guinness World Record, driving 430+ miles carrying a full load

VIRGIN ISLANDS AGAIN 91F/32.8C at Charlotte Amalie Int. AP in St. Thomas breaks again its November record of highest temperature. Caribbean has been with continous and relentless record heat for 3 years and there is no sign it will end in any foreseeable future.

Emma Monk being brilliant again. The best debunkling around. Make sure you are following her.

BLACK SEA NOVEMBER SUMMER DAY Exceptional warmth started with MINIMUMS >22C on the Turkish Black Sea coast (typical of summer) followed with a warm afternoon in Georgia and Russia up to 28.0C at Zugdidi Weather will remain very mild for most of November in the area: Beachtime!

The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity If you haven’t had your flu vax get it Covid as well if possible inews.co.uk/news/doctors...

If our years ran from November to October, 2025 would be the second warmest year on record. Probably in >100,000 years and potentially much longer. Sea Surface Temperatures are now likely already higher than during the Eemian warm period, when global sea levels were ~7.5m higher!

HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN CHINA Records keep falling every day since day 1st. 16 more monthly records today (14 of High mins + 30.6 Zhenkang and 27.0 Shidian of High maxes) with the heat increasing even more tomorrow. Summer conditions up to 33C/34C in China,Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Breaking News! Code Yikes! Another month, another new record for the 36-month running average for Total Column Precipitable Water in the Northern mid-latitudes. The Climate 8-ball says: "For the rain it raineth every day."

It's not every day that both poles set new monthly temperature records (see my earlier post). Last month also observed the warmest October on record for the #Arctic Circle. Not great!! Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....

EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN SE ASIA Records pulverized every day in every country over and over again Most extreme event ever in SINGAPORE 35.4 Changi AP Monthly record again! THAILAND 35.7 Sawi INDONESIA 35.5 Timika >900 consecutive days breaking records in Thailand & Indonesia!

Awful lot of people seem to think houses used to fall off trees, jobs were well paid and lovely, people were lovely to each other, and everyone could afford holidays every day. Of course life isn't perfect now. But it never was. And in many ways it is much better.

The fact that the Netherlands (18 million inhabitants, ~at 52°N) has more solar installed than all of Africa (1,561 million inhabitants, entirely in the sunbelt) is a gross failure of humanity.

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

SOUTH AFRICA RECORD HEAT Overheated berg winds on the coast of Western Cape with temperatures up to 42C and records of hot nights as well: NOVEMBER RECORDS Molteno min 22.5 max 36.3 Min 20.6 Langebaanweg -First tropical night in spring Min 19.2 Lamberts Bay More heat coming

The scientific way to stop the rot: The Way To Defeat Facism: Straight-Talking Politicians open.substack.com/pub/dangoyal...

Almost universal across the west. Voters have never had it so good. But they feel more was promised. And isn't just the cost but the difficulties of life, and the sense of a class that doesn't face these. Difficult to sort in low-growth times. www.ft.com/content/7913...

RECORD HEAT IN SE ASIA November High Minimums Record in INDONESIA 27.4 Ternate Records have fallen every day for almost 1000 consecutive days in Indonesia.

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THE PHILIPPINES Records of November high minimums broken by extreme margins MINIMUM TEMPERATURES 28.2 Catarman record pulverized 27.4 Masbate tied Nearly 100% of all tropical countries are breaking records with the hugest margins ever seen in climatic history.

Fierce heat continue unabated in TEXAS with 99F/37.2C. Very hot also in Northern Mexico with 38.0C at Monclova,its 2nd hottest November day in history just below 2024! More heat tomorrow

The @wmo-global.bsky.social provisional report on the State of the Global Climate in 2025 was released: wmo.int/publication-... "Other climate indicators continue to sound alarm bells, and more extreme weather had major global impacts on economies and all aspects of sustainable development." #COP30

🚨 Last month observed the highest average temperature for the month of October across the #Antarctic Circle, with clearly 2025 well above any prior year in the satellite era. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

SINGAPORE AGAIN An incredible month in the tiny Asian tiger: record after record since day 1st Today the Changi Int. AP rose to 34.6C tying its November highest temperature on record Guess when were the 2 other cases? November 2023 and November 2024: It's perennially record heat weather gov sg

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede. Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

Avalanche of records again in EUROPE Most important records in GERMANY were 10.5 Zugspitze previous last year, data since 1900! 18.6 Wernigerode-Schierke Summer continues in CYPRUS with more tropical nights: Min 21.3 Kyrenia Record again Air conditioning in November 24/7:Insane

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,120,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,400,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

For all the denier ducks who quack loudly but carry a small stick, Antarctic sea-ice extent is 3rd lowest on record for the date, as of November 6th. Will a new record low daily extent be set this year? The Climate 8-ball is seeking professional help.

November 2025 has been remarkably mild so far with a series of new high daily minimum temperature records across the UK. Get the stats in our blog 👇

This feeling is called hope: Three lessons from a week of progressive victories iandunt.substack.com/p/this-feeli...

On BBC Breakfast today shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho said the UK has the “most expensive electricity in the developed world”. We heard a similar claim from Ms Coutinho last month, and took a look at what the data shows.

October 2025 Globally,according to Copernicus, had an average temperature of 15.14C which is +0.70C above the 1991/2020 normal and was the 3rd warmest on record behind 2023 and 2024. The most above average country was Canada,the most below was Albania.

💧October 2025: Wetter-than-average in southeastern Europe, especially the Balkans, with above-average rainfall in parts of Scandinavia, France, Ireland and eastern Spain. Drier-than-average across most of Iberia, northern Italy, Iceland and northeastern Europe. ⬇️

The Charity Commission 'investigation' of a 'charity' (which is really a free market lobbyist that doesn't declare its funders) incredibly accepts assurances that it isn't an overtly political body. writesbright.substack.com/p/captured-b...

The Government is reportedly considering switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax. Here's why that would be a good idea ⤵️

China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com - "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels' $ www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

I have a new blog post out with The UK In A Changing Europe on how lower migration will be bad for the UK economy: ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Scotland squandered its oil and gas wealth — we can’t afford to repeat the same mistakes with renewables. That’s why we need public ownership stakes in our energy future👇

❄ October 2025: Arctic sea ice extent ranked eighth-lowest for October in the 47-year satellite record at 12% below average, with especially low concentrations in the Eurasian sector. Antarctic extent was the third-lowest for October, 6% below average.

ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN SE ASIA Tonight it was the November hottest night in history in some stations: Minimums 28.2 Ca Mau and Rach Gia VIETNAM 26.3 Malacca MALAYSIA TAIWAN keeps recording 35C every day and it'll get hotter: Full Summer conditions in November.

"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency." New analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...